Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)after Anna Piattou
Title:
Corilla Olympica Poetria Etrusca
Date:
ca.1765
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and line engraving
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, lower center: "Cui nihil Anteferas, non ipsas Carmine Musas | Haec Illa est, doct a picta Corilla manus | Si formain, atque animi robur, si denique mores | Novisti, nec amas, stultus et improbuses."; lettered, lower left: "Anna Piattoli pinx."; lettered, lower right: "F. Bartolozzi Sculp."; lettered, upper center: "Corilla Olympica Poetria Etrusca"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection